School Fayre.

We hurtle towards June and the countdown to the summer holidays and as we do life gets so busy sometimes that the blog isn't done on a Sunday - sorry! Believe me it frustrates me when it rolls over a week too - and if you tune in on a Sunday night Monday morning I apologise - but the good news is always the fact you get a double post the following week.

Last year I missed the local primary school srping fayre and it was the best event ever apparently - this year I had it in my diary early and I was determined not to miss it. It rained for the first time in ages and the whole event was a bit of a washout. But at least Sophie got her face painted and she got a cake on a stick.

Lauchlan has grown 5 teeth in the last week and a half - he's a busy boy growing very rapidly!

Sophie continues to enjoy the playgym sessions - it is basically just a room full of brilliant gymnastics equipment and you are left to it. Awesome.

 Lauchlan continues to want to be awake most of the time so as not to miss all the fun - he also now likes to have a bath with his sister.

Sunshine was back this last week - and we made the most of the front garden for a change.

We also bit the bullet and after three years of suffering the worst fireplace in the whole world  we got a new one - and finally, a fireplace removal that we got some else to do!

Sophie and Lauchlan continue to enjoy their food - yoghurt doesn't always make it into the mouth though.....

Lorna, Iain and their son William are now back in Europe living and working and for a short while they are living local so we have been able to catch up with them - they are all doing well.

And Sophie has met up with Emily and Niamh for the first time in ages - she ended up doing a fashion show - with of course make up, light up shoes and pretty hair. Great to see the girls and Andrea and Ewen.

Sunny days

Got milk.

 Been another lightning quick week - I was only at work for 4 days and only three of them had the little people in the building so it should have been a relatively straight forward week however the wee man has been building teeth like there is no tomorrow and sleep has definitley taken a bit of a back seat.

Life goes on however and Sophie and Lauchlan visited a new gymnastics session in the city - Sophie had a great time hanging around.

 

A symptom of having an incredibly sore mouth and building teeth is that you poop yourself a lot - no wonder! Lauchlan as usual likes to see the funny side of it all though.

 

The May weather is again playing a blinder - here's hoping that it lasts into June and July this year as well. We have been out in the garden all weekend - just like a Wellington summer day the sun was shining but we still needed hoodies and jackets to protect us from the chill.

 Sunday was better though and there was very little wind. We got some great visitors although Sophie was awfully busy with Emily next door - she is turning into a wee girl with her own life - we hardly saw her all afternoon! Even Gran and Grandad coming round failed to snap her out of her playtime.

 

 Fun times all round - here's hoping it continues. Happy sunshine everyone.

May - the start of the birthday month.

 

There are days when sleep has been hard to come by and by 8am there is a manic princess climbing on the window sills. Then there is a Diva having breakfast by 8.30am - very funny.

 

Here is a shot of Sophie at the Rodeo last week that we forgot to put on - she loved the red spacehopper.

 

We spent a day up at the gym this weekend and we found a troll hanging around so we took a few photos.

And this bank holiday Monday Sophie went to a party with Lauchlan and Mum where there was facepainting, bouncy castles and lollies - not to mention the sisters from Frozen.

Lauchlan continues to grow and develop - he now is able to stand himself up at Sophie's dolls house - and more concerningly than that he now pulls himself up at the TV - Sophie has been very good at telling him not to. He is cutting more teeth and dribbling everywhere - still full of smiles though and a restless sleeper.

Finally - we went to Cuningar loop today which is an amazing wee park in Glasgow near Dalmarnock. Sophie had a fantastic time especially because Marie and Finlay were there - and Sophie loved scoootering on the skate park.

Sophie and Finlay loved to play falling down - this caused great hilarity. What a great weekend.

 

Back to work

 Back to school this week and back into some sort of a routine - whatever the heck that is. Lauchlan is getting some new teeth so is quite up and down.

After getting picked up from nursery Sophie, Mum and Lauchlan all went to the pub - sounds like a great afternoon ;o)

 

Lauchlan tried on some smart clothes.

 

And then at the weekend we all went the to Glasgow University Vet school Rodeo. Sophie had a great time - held a mouse, touched a rat, held a rabbit, looked at a snake - jumped on a spacehopper, saw a horse stunt show.

 

Gran and Grandad came to see us all whilst Mum got to finally get out for an afternoon for a fancy lunch with the other Mums. About time!

Gran and Grandad brought Sophie a bike to try out but it needed some fine tuning in the garage from a couple of trained mechanices.